Tooth-shush



J. H. EKMEKJIAN. FOUNTAIN TOOTH BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, I919.

' 1,322,413. Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

UNITED STATES JACOB H. EKMEKJIAN, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

FOUNTAIN TOOTH-BRUSH.

Application filed July 21,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J acon H. Eitiinicim v, citizen of Armenia, residing at Pasadena, 1n the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fountain Tooth-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a tooth brush in the handle of which a tube of paste may be carried, the handle be ng in two parts and readily. opened for the insertion of the tube. The tube is designed to eject its contents through an appropriate nozzle on to the bristles of the brush and this operation isafi'orded by means of a unique device which serves jointly to hold the two sections of the handle together and to perform the paste ejecting operation.

In illustrating and describing the invention, a specific embodiment is adhered to but to this embodiment it is not to be restricted. The right is reserved to make such changes or alterations as the actual reduction to practice may suggest, in so far as such changes or alterations 'are compatible in spirit with the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved brush.

'Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section showing the handle connecting cap and the paste ejecting medium.

As illustrated, the invention comprises a hollow tubular like handle consisting of the sections 1 and 2 which are hingedly connected together at one end as indicated at 3. The section 2 adjacent that end to which the hinge 3 is attached carries the bristlest. The two sections of the handle are designed to be swung apart on the hinged connection 3 so that a tooth paste tube such as a tube 5 may be inserted in the handle. This tribe is designed to carry the usual character of tooth paste and at one end is formed with a spout or nozzle 6 which is curved downwardly and passes out through the section 2, so that its free end lies among the bristles 1.

After the tube has been placed in the handle and the section 1 closed down on top of the section 2, an internally threaded cap 7 is screwed on to the two sections which are externally threadedas indicated at 8: The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

1919. Serial N0. 312,397.

' two sections are thus held together by the The cap 7 has connected therewith a gradually tapering flexible stem 9 which connects with the center of the cap by an inflexible portion 10. This inflexible portion 10 while having one end connected to the cap at the center extends substantially in a radial direction with reference to the cap and conneets with the flexible portion 9 at a poi 'i which will contact with. the inner periphery of the two sections 1 and 2 when the cap is attached to the handle.

In placing the tube in the handle, the flexible member or element 9 is laid in the section 2 and the tube 5 thereafter placed on top of it, the top section 1 then being brought down on top of the section 2, when the cap 7 is screwed on to the two sections. Initially the cap is only designed to engage a few of the first threads of the two sections of a handle but as paste is needed among the bristles of the brush the cap is rotated and this results in winding the flexible stem 9 around the tube, continued turning of the cap causing the stem to squeeze upon the tube and thereby eject paste therefrom through the spout or nozzle 6.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear enough understanding of the'invention is to be had to render further description unnecessary.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

l. A fountain tooth brush comprising a handle composed of two hollow sections which are hingedly connected together at one end, bristles carried by one of the sections, a paste tube carried within the handle between the two sections, the paste tube having a spout lying among-the bristles, and a common means for securing the L'Wv sections together at the end remote from the hinge and for ejecting paste from the tube.

2. A fountain tooth .brush comprising a handle composed of two hollow sections which are hingedly connected together at one end, bristles carried by one of the sections, a paste tube carried within the handle between the two sections, the paste tube having a spout lying among the bristles, a cap threadingly engaged on the two see one at the end remote from the hinge, and cans carried by the cap and connecting with the tions; a paste tube carried within"the hen:-

dle between the two sections, the paste tube 10 having a spout lying among the bristles,

a cap threadingly engaged on .the two sections of the handle at the end remote from the hinge, and a flexible stem lying within the: handle and connecting with the cap; whereby when" the cap is turnedithe stem willbe wrapped around thmtube for the ejec- '-tion of paste therefrom into the bristles.

' In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature.

JACOB H. EKMEKJIAN. 

